Q22. What offices does Christ execute as our Redeemer?
Christ as our Redeemer executes the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his state of humiliation and exaltation.
Scripture proofs
- [1]Acts 3:22
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
- [2]Hebrews 5:6
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- [3]Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.